UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1115/02, 1120/02
1123/02
Paper 2 Comprehension
May/June 2004
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
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At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The insert contains the passage for comprehension.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the Paper.
This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page and an insert.
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Read the passage in the insert and then answer all the questions which follow below.
You are recommended to answer the questions in the order set.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the Paper.
From paragraph 1:
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How did Aditya feel about the writer’s ‘strange wish’?
[1]
From paragraph 2:
2
Why would Salim be an ideal companion on the journey?
[1]
From paragraph 3:
3
Give two reasons for the writer’s ‘gloomy mood’.
[2]
From paragraph 4:
4
Give two reasons why Queen was the elephant which the writer bought.
[2]
From paragraph 5:
5
(a) The owner of the tea stall shows by what he says that he is ‘enraged’. Explain two other ways
in which it is clear that he is angry.
[2]
(b) The writer says ‘the drain on my nerves and on my pocket’ had been considerable. Using
your own words, explain what he means by this.
[2]
From paragraph 6:
6
(a) Using your own words, give two reasons for the ‘relief’ the group felt when they reached the
open countryside.
[2]
(b) Give two reasons why the group were alarmed when they noticed that Queen was limping. [2]
From paragraph 9:
7
(a) Explain how the writer makes it clear that Aditya did not know that wild elephants can be
dangerous.
[1]
(b) Suggest a reason why the writer describes the wild female elephants as being ‘like ghosts’. [1]
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From paragraph 12:
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(a) The writer contrasts the silence of the forest before the arrival of the wild elephants with its
silence after their departure. In your own words, explain what this contrast is.
[2]
(b) Suggest two reasons why the group ‘moved slowly’ after the departure of the wild elephants.
[2]
From the whole passage:
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Choose five of the following words or phrases. For each of them give one word or short phrase (of
not more than seven words) which has the same meaning that the word or phrase has in the
passage.
1.
2.
3.
4.
assuming (line 1)
destination (line 28)
assembled (line 29)
abruptly (line 35)
5.
6.
7.
8.
cooled down (line 42)
assessed (line 42)
sharp (line 74)
clustering (line 86)
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10 Using your own words as far as possible, summarise the difficulties and dangers the writer and
his companions encountered on their journey with Queen, and how they overcame them.
USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM LINE 34 TO LINE 98.
Your summary, which must be in continuous writing (not note form), must not be longer than 160
words, including the 10 words given below.
Begin your summary as follows:
When Queen saw the bus approaching her, she swerved and …
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